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assume you got it delivered to the allotment?
and yes @Monster1985 once I've managed to chat to some of the people on the allotment and find out good contacts i'll do that. Need to be wary of contaminated manure? Plan to make as much of my own as well but will just need a starting delivery 👍
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I ‘think’ it’s more of an American concern with the extra strong pesticides they use……generally if other people have used it and had good results then you’re probably fine.
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If you can get proper well rotted cow muck (farmyard manure) it is markedly better than horse manure.
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Yes, I used Thompsons of Crews Hill. They supply all of north london, think delivery was about £20.
They just dumped it onto a tarp. If your site has better access than ours they can deliver bulk bags using the crane but we only have transit van sized access.
Used them dozens of times for bulk back in my tree work days. Nice people, accept cash, tons of variety of soil, muck and soil improvers.
Monster1985
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edmundro
We bought in some soil at the end of last year, worth every penny. Think we’re going to keep it up annually, along with the manure we get from the council.
Think £180 got us a very full transit tipper load inc delivery and was enough to add a good few inches to each bed. Was enough to cover everything on our plot(don’t know exact size but it’s pretty big).
We’re not generating our own compost at a fast enough rate to replenish it all ourselves so it seems worth it to us to buy it in.
Equivalent amount would have been £700+ if you got it in 50l sacks from the garden centre…